Picture-hanger.



No. 642,997. Patented Feb. 6, I900.. O. NELSON.

.PICTURE HANGER.

(Application filed Nov. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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OLOF NELSON, OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

PICTU RE-HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,997, dated February6, 1900.

Application filed November 21, 1899. Serial No. 737,794. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLOF NELSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dubois, in the county of Olearfield and State of Pennsyl-Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPicture-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for suspending pictures and likedecorative devices of house furnishings from walls and partitions, theobject being to provide a device of novel construction which will admitof the inclination of the picture or analogous wall decoration beingvaried to suit the taste without having to let out or take up thepicture-cord or to change the point of attachment of said cordtherewith.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreflecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand to the drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic fea tures of the invention arenecessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodimentof the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a perspective view of the hanger, picture cord, andintermediate adjustable connection. Fig. 2 is an edge View showing theapplication of the hanger and an adjusted position of the picture bydotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hook with its wingsextended.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The hanger is provided at its upper end with a suspending eye or loop 1and at its lower end with offstanding supports 2, and in the preferredform of construction consists of a frame formed of stout wire bent intoapproximatelytheform shown. Theframecomprises legs 3 and a shank 4, thelower ends of the legs being bent outwardly to form the offstandingsupports 2 and having their upper ends inwardly convergent andterminating in members comprising the shank 4. In con structin g thehanger a wire of suitable length and gage is provided and is doubledupon itself at a middle point, forming the eye or loop 1 and the membersof the shank 4, the end portions of the wire being spread to provide thelegs 3, which have their terminals outwardly bent to form the supports2.

A hook 5 or analogous device is located at the juncture of the legs 3and shank members 4 and is provided at its upper end with wings 6, whichare adapted to be bent around and embrace the ends of the shank membersadjacent to the legs 3 and prevent their spreading. This book 5 has thechain 7 or analogous connection between the picture-cord 8 and thehanger adj ustably connected there with, the links of the chain formingconvenient means for adjustable connection of the part 7 with the hook,whereby the relative inclination of the picture 9 or like device to behung may be varied as required without necessitating the lengthening orshortening of the picture-cord or the change of the point of attachmentof said cord with the frame of the picture.

The ofistanding supports 2 are preferably clothed to prevent injuriouscontact therewith of the picture-frame, and, as shown, short lengths ofrubber tubing 10 are fitted thereon. The outer ends of the supports 2are threaded to receive ornaments 11, which are detachably fittedthereto and give a fin ished appearance to the lower portion of thehanger, besides acting in the capacity of stops to prevent the slippingof the picture or ornamental hanging from the supports 2.

The picture 9 0r analogous article to be suspended is provided with acord 8, attached thereto in the usual manner by means of screw-eyes 12,and is adapted to be hung at any required inclination with reference tothe Wall by means of the hanger and the adj ustable connection 7, thelatter being attached at one end to the picture-cord 8 and having itsopposite end portion adj ustably connected with the hook 5 in the mannerstated. By preference the adjustable connection 7 is a short length ofchain, because advantage can be taken of the links as means ofattachment of the said part 7 with the hook 5 in an adjusted position.The picture or like article can be fitted to the hanger prior to placingthe latter in its final position upon the wall, and after the adjustmenthas been effected the hanger can be placed in position by beingsuspended from a nail or like support driven into the wall at the properpoint.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Meansfor suspending pictures comprising a hanger-frame having offstandingsupports at its lower end and a shank at its upper end surmounted by asuspending device, a hook fitted to the shank portion of thehanger-frame, and a connection having adjustable attachment with thesaid hook and adapted to be made fast to the picture to be hung,substantially as described.

2. Theherein-describedhangerconstructed of a single length of wiredoubled upon itself OLOF NELSON. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

CHARLES SAFGREN, FRANK SWANsON.

